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Unemployment tax talk stirs chamber breakfast |
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Written by Christine O'Connor
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
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Florida
legislators are hearing the cry of small business owners loud and clear.
By the first week in March, congressmen like Sen. Don Gaetz,
R-Niceville, are hoping to stymie the automatic tax increase on unemployment,
which went into effect Jan. 1, 2010.
The new rates are based on an annual salary up to $8,500 per
employee. At minimum, businesses will be taxed .0118 or $100.30 per employee.
At most, businesses will be taxed .0540 or $459 per employee.
Gaetz, president of the senate committee on the economy,
along with Senate President Jeff Atwater, plan to have a bill on Gov. Charlie
Crist’s desk within the first week of the spring legislative session, which
starts March 2.
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